On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 3:55 PM, Stefan Näwe <stefan.naewe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> [remote "exp"] >> url = [localhost:2223]:blink.git >> fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/exp/* >> >> However, now I get this message: >> >> $ git fetch exp >> fatal: ':blink.git' does not appear to be a git repository >> fatal: Could not read from remote repository. > > I wonder why that worked (especially the "[...]") at all ? > I thought specifying a port for a SSH connection was always only > possible when using > > ssh://user@host:port/path/to/repo.git > - or - > ssh://user@host:port/~user/path/to/repo.git > > At least that's what I always read out of the git-clone man page. [] is used to wrap ipv6 and because we don't know if it's actually ipv6 or v4, we accept it in both cases, so [abc] can be used in place "host" above. No [host:port]:path won't work because "host:port" is considered host name. But [host or ip]:path may work (that is after I fix my bug). -- Duy -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html